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Vega Baja Municipio, PR

53,892 Population
45.8 square miles 1,175.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,650 ±$1,610 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$24,244 ±$1,840 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

41.1% ±2.5% (21,969  ±1,357) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±1.6 (517,960  ±37,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,587 ±636 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (53,560  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1% (218  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,010 ±639 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,700 ±$3,816 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

78.9% (31,926  ±1,518) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% (10,478  ±802.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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2% ±0.6% (920  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
920 Total veterans ±262 849 Male ±251 71 Female ±70

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